Category: Suburban News

  • Local artists sought for exhibit at Java Joint

    Local artists are invited to exhibit their works, including painting, sculpture and photographs, at an art show planned for noon to 6 p.m. on May 20 at the Java Joint Cafe, Ticetown Square Plaza, Route 9, Old Bridge. Participants will have the opportunity to display, discuss and sell their work, if they choose. Interested individuals…

  • Impromptu trip to Afghanistan an eye-opener

    Shrewsbury resident accompanies noted photographer to war-torn country BY LINDA DeNICOLA Staff Writer BY LINDA DeNICOLAStaff Writer STEVE McCURRY Art Petrosemolo, center, with Afghan translator and guide Qais Azminy get a close look from a motorcycle driver on the road in Bamiyan. Petrosemolo took the pictures of the two Afghani children pictured at left and…

  • Walk-a-thon

    SCOTT PILLING staff Kindergartner Lyona Jenkins (l-r) walks alongside Malgortata Gueiak and Miriam Jebran at the Eisenhower School walk-a-thon fundraiser in Sayreville April 26.

  • Fundraisers

    May 5 + Tricky Tray, sponsored by Sacred Heart HSA, doors open at 6 p.m., event begins at 7:30 p.m., in Sacred Heart Memorial Hall, Washington Avenue, South Amboy. Cash bar, complimentary coffee, tea, baked goods. Participants may bring food items of their choice. No BYOB. Small, medium, large prizes and baskets; two grand prizes.…

  • Healthy heart program scheduled for May 6

    “Eating Right for a Healthy Heart,” one in a continuing series of health and wellness programs at the Old Bridge Public Library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, is set for 1:30 p.m. on May 6. The two-part event will feature a cooking demonstration and tasting by Whole Foods of Middletown, and a lecture…

  • Guest shows kids the sky’s not the limit

    SCOTT PILLING staff Greg Olsen reaches for the stars, on which Truman School children wrote about their future goals, during the astronaut’s visit to Sayreville Tuesday. Scientist visited Space Station aboard Russian rocket BY MICHAEL ACKER Staff Writer Greg Olsen on Tuesday encouraged Sayreville students to reach for the stars. He would know from experience.…

  • Old Bridge seniors get lesson on Part D plan

    OLD BRIDGE – Jim Lockhart, deputy commissioner of the federal Social Security Administration, visited the George Bush Senior Center last month to speak with local seniors about the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits and how to take advantage of savings. “Enrollees are experiencing average savings of $1,100 per year, in many cases more,”…

  • Allen humbled by vote into president position

    ’01 OBHS graduate will put off grad school due to leadership role BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer John Allen He may be 23 years old, and he may still be finishing up his college course work, but there’s more to Old Bridge’s new Board of Education president than his youth, says…

  • Proposed land sales have some concerned

    BY LAUREN MATTHEW Staff Writer BY LAUREN MATTHEWStaff Writer OLD BRIDGE – Some township officials want more information before the Township Council allows the sale of municipal lands categorized as no longer needed by the town. The council discussed an ordinance Monday that would allow the sale of the various properties to bidders. The ordinance…